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  1. Program in Philosophy and Computer and Systems Science Department of Philosophy, State University of New York at Binghamton, 13902-6000, Binghamton, NY, USA

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This paper is dedicated to the memory of Paul Grice. His seminars which I attended during my year as a visiting assistant professor at Berkeley were eye openers for me, but his imaginativeness, humor, and love of philosophy affected me even more.

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Roberts, L.D. Relevance as an explanation of communication. Linguist Philos 14, 453–472 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00630924

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